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3 unusual facts about 1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck


1993 Big Bayou Canot train wreck

The 1975 Tasman Bridge disaster in Hobart, the capital city of Australia's island state of Tasmania, when a bridge was hit by a 7,000 ton bulk carrier, causing a 400 foot section of roadway to fall 120 feet into the river below.

Noted Calvinist author and theologian R. C. Sproul was one of the passengers on the train during the time of the incident and often gives firsthand accounts of the story.

The I-40 bridge disaster of 2002 was caused a barge hitting the I-40 bridge over the Arkansas River, which collapsed, causing numerous cars to fall in the river.



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